Edward Chisholm

'I've never seen a five-hundred note.'
'It's because the criminals have them. You can get 25,000 euros in a cigarette pack using five-hundreds. They use them for the big deals.' He looks at his pack of cigarettes. 'Imagine. All that, in here. It could change your life. And it fits in your hand.'

The restaurant, much like the city, runs on appearances. The difference between what you see and what you don't is as vast as an ocean. The restaurant, in reality, is a conman.

'Well, at least now you can be a waiter. A real waiter.'
'Oh yeah?'
'Yeah. Because you're waiting for something else', he says.

'You can tell a lot about someone by the way they talk to a waiter,' I say.
'Yes. Someone should write a book about it.'

To advance and be strong here is to ensure that others are weak, not that you are better.

In Paris, waiters are as omnipresent as the tricolore flag or the Eiffel Tower.

To sit and talk with Franjo is to be reminded of how rich the world is.